Privacy policy

Effective Date: April 21, 2023

Last Updated: March 14, 2025 - Version 2.0

This privacy policy discloses the privacy practices for theconsciousastrologer.com, operated by Ryan Barrett (the “Site Owner”). This privacy policy applies solely to information collected by this website (the “Site”). It will notify you of the following:

  1. What personally identifiable information is collected from you through the Site, how it is used and with whom it may be shared.

  2. What choices are available to you regarding the use of your data.

  3. The security procedures in place to protect the misuse of your information.

  4. How you can correct any inaccuracies in the information.

INFORMATION COLLECTION, USE, AND SHARING

The Site collects personal data to power our site analytics, including:

  • Information about your browser, network, and device

  • Web pages you visited prior to coming to the Site

  • Your IP address

  • For astrology consultations, any personal information shared during a session—including birth details, names, session notes, or other private discussions—is kept confidential and will not be shared with third parties without explicit consent.

This information may also include details about your use of the Site, including:

  • Clicks

  • Internal links

  • Pages visited

  • Scrolling

  • Searches

  • Timestamps

I share this information with Squarespace, the Site analytics provider, to learn about the Site’s traffic and activity.

COOKIES

The Site uses cookies and similar technologies, which are small files or pieces of text that download to a device when a visitor accesses a website or app. For information about viewing the cookies dropped on your device, visit The cookies Squarespace uses.

These functional and required cookies are always used, which allow Squarespace, the Site’s hosting platform, to securely serve the Site to you. 

These analytics and performance cookies are used on the Site, as described below, only when you acknowledge the Site’s cookie banner. The Site uses analytics and performance cookies to view site traffic, activity, and other data.

WEBFORM

When you submit information to the Site via webform, the Site Owner collects the data requested in the webform in order to track and respond to your submissions. The Site Owner shares this information with Squarespace, the Site’s online store hosting provider, so that they can provide website services to the Site Owner. The Site Owner also shares this information with Google for secure data storage.

Your Access to and Control Over Information
You may opt out of any future contacts from the Site Owner at any time. You can do the following at any time by contacting the Site Owner via the email address or phone number given on this website:

  • See what data the Site Owner has about you, if any.

  • Change/correct any data the Site Owner has about you.

  • Have the Site Owner delete any data they have about you.

  • Express any concern you have about the Site Owner’s use of your data.

CONFIDENTIALITY OF ASTROLOGY SERVICES

The Site Owner values client confidentiality. Any details shared during astrology consultations—including birth details, session notes, or insights discussed—are kept strictly confidential.

No client readings, notes, or discussions will be shared with third parties unless required by law or with the client’s explicit permission.

Session records, if retained, are stored securely and accessible only to the Site Owner. Session video and audio recordings, including any transcripts, are deleted after 60 days from the date of the recorded session.

Clients may request deletion of session notes at any time by contacting the Site Owner.

SECURITY

The Site Owner takes precautions to protect your information. When you submit sensitive information via the website, your information is protected both online and offline.

Wherever the Site Owner collects sensitive information (such as credit card data), that information is encrypted and transmitted securely via Acuity Scheduling (a Squarespace company) and Stripe (a third-party payment processing vendor).

All client astrology session notes, readings, and consultation details are stored securely and are not accessible to anyone other than the Site Owner.

Clients may request that their astrology session records be deleted by contacting the Site Owner.

The computers/servers in which personally identifiable information is stored are password protected.

PAYMENTS

The Site Owner may provide paid services when you book an astrology reading. In that case, the Site uses third-party services for payment processing (e.g. payment processors).

The Site Owner will not store or collect your payment card details. That information is provided directly to a third-party payment processor, Stripe, whose use of your personal information is governed by their Privacy Policy. Stripe adheres to the standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort of brands like Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover. PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of payment information.

The Stripe Privacy Policy can be viewed at https://stripe.com/privacy.

LINKS 

This website contains links to other sites. Please be aware that the Site Owner is not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such other sites. The Site Owner strongly encourages users to be aware when they leave the Site and to read the privacy statements of any other site that collects personally identifiable information.

UPDATES

This Privacy Policy may change from time to time and all updates will be posted on this page. If changes involve how astrology session data is collected, stored, or used, clients will be notified via email before the changes take effect.